News Stories

May 26, 2015

Pistol Star gets a stamp of approval

A set of British postal stamps commemorating the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope includes a star detected by RIT Professor Don Figer nearly 20 years ago.
May 26, 2015

Professors win awards for video vignettes

College of Science professors Robert Teese, L. Kate Wright and Dina Newman were recognized in the National Science Foundation 2015 Teaching and Learning Video Showcase.
May 26, 2015

Professor revives Galapagos Islands expedition

Eighteen RIT students, faculty and staff left for the Galapagos Islands to study variations in the island ecology made famous by Charles Darwin.
May 22, 2015

Engineering students build tabletop letterpress

The aluminum hand-operated letterpress, weighing 25 pounds, can produce high quality and repeatable prints—the same as their cast-iron counterparts in the Cary Collection.
May 22, 2015

Graduates urged to ‘answer Earth’s help wanted ad’

NASA Administrator Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. addressed the more than 3,800 graduating students during Academic Convocation.
May 21, 2015

Entrepreneurship center sponsors Lemonade Day

RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is sponsoring Lemonade Day, a program that teaches children how to own and operate their own business, on June 6.
May 20, 2015

Three RIT programs ranked among best for veterans

U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 Best Online Programs for Veterans identify 737 programs that provide veterans with high-quality, flexible online education options.
May 20, 2015

Students join Alpha Sigma Lambda Honorary Society

More than three dozen graduating seniors were inducted into the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honorary Society on Monday night at a dinner hosted by RIT President Bill Destler.
May 19, 2015

JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge travel info

While RIT will remain open during the race, designated roadways and parking lots and some access points will be blocked. RIT is encouraging departments to dismiss at 4 p.m.
May 19, 2015

RIT Press releases ‘No Words Posters’

No Words Posters features nearly 200 posters by more than 100 designers from around the world.
May 19, 2015

Brian Thorn wins Excellence in Teaching award

Associate professor Brian Thorn will be presented the Sustainable Development Excellence in Teaching Sustainability Award by the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
May 18, 2015

Goodbye, Goodbuy! recycling programs starts

The new initiative urges students moving out of their dorms and on-campus apartments to donate instead of discarding their unwanted items to be sold to new students next year.